Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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ONTONAGON — More than two weeks of frigid weather is reflecting in Ontonagon County frost tubes. Ontonagon County Road Commission frost tubes, located on U.S. 45, near Bruce Crossing, U.S. 45 at Woodspur, and M-64, between White Pine and Bergland, are monitored as a way to determine the extent of spring thaw. The bitter cold weather recently has already frozen the roads to depths recorded in February of last year. On Feb. 16 last year, the Bruce Crossing tube was frozen to a depth of 42 inches. This year, on Jan. 18 the tube was already f...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - Bessemer City Manager Charly Loper had an idea to invite the public to do more than comment on the direction of the city's desired renovation of Bluff Valley Park. Loper said she noticed during master plan discussions how integral the park was for many people and their identities with Bessemer. With that in mind, Loper's brainchild evolved into a public-sourced idea factory originating in the minds of the community, not only Bessemer, but t...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MILWAUKEE, Wis. — While the Iron County Board of Supervisors voted in December to join other counties in suing several pharmaceutical companies for their alleged roles in fueling the nationwide opioid crisis, it wasn’t until the lawsuit was actually filed earlier this month that many details in the case were spelled out. Iron County is one of 12 Wisconsin counties listed as plaintiffs in the suit, which was filed Jan. 5 in federal court in Milwaukee; with Brown, Crawford, Juneau, Kewaunee, Out...
Friday, Jan. 19 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Gogebic Conservation District, 10 a.m., Natural Resources Center, Bessemer. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Celebrate Recovery, 6 p.m. optional worship, 7 p.m. small group, Bessemer city hall auditorium. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church...
DETROIT, Mich. - Ted Helgren, 58, of Clinton Township, Mich., died peacefully surrounded by family members on Jan. 15, 2018, at Harper Hospital in Detroit following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Ted was born on May 3, 1959, in White Pine before moving with his family to Garden City in 1960. Despite growing up in the Detroit area, Ted always considered himself a Yooper. He and his family spent their entire summers on the family farm in Ironwood. Ted always said the happiest times of his...
DULUTH, Minn. - Mary Lynn Strancel, age 62, passed away peacefully at her home in Duluth, with her loving family by her side, on Jan. 1, 2018. Lynn was born June 3, 1955, in Wakefield, Mich., to John Strancel Sr. and Lois Grant Funke. She grew up in Bergland, Mich., and graduated from Bergland High School in 1973. She attended Eastern Michigan University. Her knowledge, work ethic and positive attitude provided her with various employment opportunities. She was last employed as a risk manager...
